Tag Archives: Northern Greece

«Another site [in Thessaloniki] is the Jewish Martyrs’ Square, occupying a plot donated by the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, which has a number of offices responsible for specific sectors (running the synagogues and school, welfare, medical care). The street sign identifying the square is vandalized so often, the Jewish Community’s technical office always keeps … Continue reading →

THESSALONIKI.- Following discussions with GAIAOSE SA, the organization that manages the real estate property of the Railway Organization of Greece, and the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki signed on Friday, December 20th, 2013, a historical day for Greek Jewry and Greece, a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a Memorial Center … Continue reading →

Thessaloniki’s chief prosecutor says people are being kept for months in police cells during which they never see any sunlight A senior prosecutor sent to inspect a prisons in northern Greece has reported to the justice minister that the conditions he found made him “ashamed of the Greek state and everybody concerned”. Panayis Giannakis, who … Continue reading →

The tension among left-wings and neonazis continues across the country. The same day with the nazi provocations in Meligalas and only a little after the physical attack to the members of the communist party, the neonazis continued with the same tactic. At a commemoration held on Saturday in the northern town of Giannitsa to remember … Continue reading →

The 15th Thessaloniki International lgbtq film festival will take place in Thessaloniki from Friday September 20 till Sunday September 29. The festival held at the city’s museum of cinema near the port, daily at 18.00, 20.00 and 22.00. 34 short and long movies by many different countries has been added to the annual program of … Continue reading →

At yesterday afternoon (Wednesday September 11), approximately 100 fans of PAOK, a local sports club in Thessaloniki, attacked the office of Golden Dawn in the city. The attack comes after Golden Dawn issued a statement against a PAOK football player with Albanian roots who revealed an UCK (Kosovo Liberation Army) t-shirt on his personal account on … Continue reading →

Wednesday August 21: Riot police deployed after Schalke fans displayed a Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) banner during its Champions League qualifying match with Thessaloniki side Paok. German side Schalke has criticised police in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, for using pepper spray and batons against Schalke fans displaying a Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) banner … Continue reading →